Neon pricing 2026
Neon pricing has a permanent free plan and two pay as you go plans with no monthly minimum. Free gives up to 100 projects, each with 100 CU-hours of compute and 1 GB of storage a month. Launch charges $0.106 per CU-hour and Scale $0.222 per CU-hour, and both charge $0.35 per GB-month of storage. Compute scales to zero after 5 minutes idle, so idle time costs nothing.
- Paid plans start at
- $0.106 per CU-hourLaunch
- Free plan
- Yes, Free
- 3 plans
- Free · Launch · Scale
US dollars before tax, at the time of writing. Checked against the sources listed below.
Neon plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0, no card | 100 projects; per project 100 CU-hours, 1 GB storage (20 GB total), 10 branches, 5 GB egress, 60,000 auth MAU; up to 2 CU |
| Launch | $0.106 per CU-hour, $0.35 per GB-month | Up to 16 CU, 100 projects, 10 branches per project, 500 GB egress per project, 1M auth MAU; scale to zero can be disabled |
| Scale | $0.222 per CU-hour, $0.35 per GB-month | Autoscaling to 16 CU or fixed sizes up to 56 CU, 1,000 projects, 25 branches per project, configurable scale to zero |
Neon free tier limits
Free plan: no card, 100 projects, each with 100 CU-hours, 1 GB of storage (20 GB per account), 10 branches and 5 GB of egress a month.
| Limit | Free tier |
|---|---|
| Price | $0 a month, no credit card |
| Projects | 100 |
| Compute | 100 CU-hours per project a month, up to 2 CU (8 GB RAM) |
| Storage | 1 GB per project, 20 GB account total |
| Branches | 10 per project |
| Egress | 5 GB per project |
| Auth | Up to 60,000 MAU per project |
| Scale to zero | After 5 minutes idle; cannot be turned off |
| Restore window | 6 hours (1 GB limit) |
| Monitoring retention | 1 day |
| Cheapest paid plan | Launch: $0.106 per CU-hour, $0.35 per GB-month, no monthly minimum |
What happens at the limit
Running out of CU-hours or egress suspends compute until the next billing period. Neon says none of the free limits delete your data, and the free plan is permanent, not a trial.
Free tier limits checked on against Neon pricing.
What decides your Neon bill
- Paid plans are billed hourly and invoiced monthly, with no monthly minimum. Invoices under $0.50 are not collected.
- Extra branches cost $1.50 per branch-month on Launch and Scale.
- Egress above 500 GB per project costs $0.10 per GB on paid plans.
- On Free, hitting a compute, egress or storage limit suspends compute or blocks writes until the next period; upgrading lifts the limits.
- Compute scales to zero after 5 minutes without queries. On Free that cannot be turned off; on Scale you can set it from 1 minute to always on.
FAQ
Is Neon free?
Yes. The free plan is permanent, needs no card and covers up to 100 projects, each with 100 CU-hours of compute, 1 GB of storage and 10 branches a month.
What is a CU-hour?
A compute unit running for one hour. On Neon one CU comes with 4 GB of RAM (the free plan's 2 CU maximum is 8 GB). Launch charges $0.106 per CU-hour at the time of writing, and compute that has scaled to zero is not billed.
Does Neon have a monthly minimum?
No. Launch and Scale are pay as you go with no monthly minimum, billed hourly and invoiced monthly.
Does Neon include auth?
Yes. Neon lists auth for up to 60,000 monthly active users per project on Free and up to 1M on Launch and Scale.
Sources, checked October 30, 2026
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